I’ve mentioned before that I used to work as a volunteer for Chris Huhne – my local MP. So I was pleased to see this story:
Chris Huhne shortlisted for top award:
Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne has been shortlisted for the Opposition Politician of the Year award in the 2007 Channel 4 Political awards.
This is the top award exclusively for Opposition politicians at the network’s annual political prize-giving…
…MPs will soon receive their ballot papers for a secret ballot of all MPs conducted by the Electoral Reform Society.
Well done, Chris – and good luck.
But, it was the rest of the story that really caught my eye.
Chris Huhne said: “It is an honour to be nominated …”
But … said that the best award he could have was the thanks of any Eastleigh resident whom he had managed to help with some problem.
I applaud the sentiment… but really – this was a bit over the top, wasn’t it?
I guess that maybe something I learnt today is that I can be so cynical that I’d rather he’d just said something along the lines of “yay, isn’t it cool, I hope I win!”. 🙁